Wardrep v. Houston

This is a workmen’s compensation case in which there was an award in favor of the employee. The defendant held as employer, has appealed in error from this award. The employee, being dissatisfied with the amount of the award, has filed the record for writ of error.

Pittman Construction Company had a contract with the state for the paving of a highway in Blount and Monroe counties. This concern contracted with Vandergriff Truck & Crane Service, Inc., to haul the cement, lime, sand, gravel, etc., from the railway sidings to the concrete mixers and pavers used in the work and located along the…